Adenanthera pavonina SAGA TREE / SANDALWOOD (10 seeds)

Sandalwood, red bead tree, Adenanthera pavonina, also called saga tree is a big tree of the Fabaceae family.
It is a tropical small-leaved plant native to Asia.
The fruits are pods filled with red seeds resembling coral tree or mescal bean.
Flowers of sandalwood are yellow.
On the island of Reunion, it is called saga tree.

Red bead tree wood is a precious wood used to make exotic wood furniture rot.
The red seeds are edible once roasted.
They are also used to make ethnic necklaces and bracelets.

Sowing sandalwood seeds:
Start by scarifying saga tree seeds with sandpaper a few millimeters deep, then leave them for 24 hours in warm water to speed up the germination process.
Then, bury red bead tree seeds under 1 cm deep, in small pots of wet peat.
Finally, place the seed pots in a mini-greenhouse at a temperature of 25 to 30 ° C.
Adenanthera pavonina seeds usually germinate after one to two weeks.

• Very sought after wood.
• Rare tropical tree.
• Red seeds used to make necklaces, bracelets ...
• Easy germination after scarification.

Exotic tropical seeds and plants for sale to plant in mild climate.